[council] FW: Reply to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

[Tomslin Samme-Nlar]

Dear staff,

The URL to Goran's letter seems to be broken for me. I get the response
below. Can it be checked please?
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On Thu, 3 Mar 2022, 7:39 pm philippe.fouquart--- via council, <
council at gnso.icann.org> wrote:

> Dear Councilors,
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> For your information, David circulated ICANN CEO’s reply to the Minister
> of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on restricting Russia’s access to the
> Internet.
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> Regards,
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> Philippe
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> Orange Restricted
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> *From:* soac-chairs <soac-chairs-bounces at icann.org> * On Behalf Of *David
> Olive via soac-chairs
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 3, 2022 4:50 AM
> *To:* soac-chairs at icann.org; mason.cole at appdetex.com; lschulman at inta.org;
> wuknoben at gmail.com; bruna.mrtns at gmail.com; benakin at gmail.com;
> plommer at gmail.com; aheineman at godaddy.com; sdemetriou at verisign.com;
> seun.ojedeji at gmail.com; sb at inapp.com; sebastien at bachollet.fr;
> aho at usma.ac.pa; eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com
> *Cc:* Team-leaders at icann.org; Sally Newell Cohen <
> sally.newellcohen at icann.org>
> *Subject:* [soac-chairs] Reply to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of
> Digital Transformation of Ukraine
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> Dear Community Leaders:
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> As you are likely aware, on 28 February, we received a letter from the
> Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
> addressed to Göran. (
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/fedorov-to-marby-28feb22-en.pdf
> )  The ICANN org Executive Team understands that there is wide community
> interest in this matter. As such, and for transparency, I would like to
> share with you Göran’s reply.
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> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/marby-to-fedorov-02mar22-en.pdf
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> The Internet is a decentralized system. No one actor can control it or
> shut it down. ICANN’s role is to ensure the security, stability, and
> resiliency of the Internet, and we do this by ensuring that the identifiers
> we allocate through the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions are
> unique and consistent, in line with global policies.
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> I wish to emphasize that ICANN’s role with country-code top-level domains
> (ccTLDs) is limited and predominantly involves validating requests that
> come from within the respective country or territory. ICANN cannot take
> unilateral action against a country to limit or restrict Internet access
> and we do not play a role in the day-to-day management of ccTLDs, which is
> a local responsibility.
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> The ICANN org Executive Team understands that this is a difficult time for
> many members of the ICANN community. We thank you all for your continued
> commitment to our multi-stakeholder model of participation, inclusiveness,
> and representativeness, and we look forward to engaging further with you at
> ICANN73 next week.
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> Best regards,
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> David Olive
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> Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support
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> ICANN
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> David Olive
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> Senior Vice President
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> Policy Development Support
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> Managing Director – ICANN Washington DC Office
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> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN)
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